About

Our Members

Steering Committee:

Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition
Maine Center for Economic Policy/MECEP Action
Maine People’s Alliance
Maine Service Employees Association SEIU Local 1989
New Mainers Alliance

Members:

Alliance for Addiction and Mental Health Services Maine
Behavioral Health Community Collaborative
Cooperative Development Institute
Health Equity Alliance
Maine AFL-CIO
Maine Children’s Alliance
Maine Community Action Partnership
Maine Council on Aging
Maine Education Association
Maine Equal Justice
Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition
Maine Prisoners Advocacy Coalition
Mainers for Working Families
Maine Small Business Association
Maine Women’s Lobby
NASW Maine
New Ventures Maine/CA$H Maine

"The last decade of austerity, compounded by tax breaks for the wealthy and corporations, have created deep challenges and inequities in our communities and undermined the public services the people of Maine rely upon. We're excited to be a part of Mainer for Tax Fairness because we need to unrig our tax code, raise revenue, and invest in our communities. It’s time for lawmakers to act and for the wealthy to pay their fair share."

"The LePage administration's tax cuts for the wealthy have deprived our communities of urgently needed investments in education, public health, public safety, road, bridges and infrastructure and critical services. Costs have been shifted to working people. The pandemic has intensified these inequalities. Working people have been forced to take all of the risks in this pandemic, from working on the frontlines to suffering the worst of the lay-offs, while the rich keep getting richer. It’s high time to recognize that trickle down economics is a failed ideology. We need to make the wealthy pay their fair share so we can make the collective investments to build a Maine that works for everyone."